THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE ABOVE COORDINATES!
A recent viewing of a movie on an airplane inspired this series.
The caches will not all be published at once because we want to
find the best spots possible for each theme. We hope you enjoy the
puzzles and the cache locations!
According to the Greeks, there were four major elements, earth,
air, water, and fire, accompanied by a fifth element, aether. The
first four Greek classical elements were very temporal in nature,
while aether was less connected to the Earth, and was viewed as
more spiritual in nature. The stars, for example, were believed to
be composed of aether, since the Greeks believed that aether did
not change or fluctuate with time, unlike the other Greek classical
elements.
You can read much more about these elements and other culture's
viewpoints here:
Classical Elements
Our series of caches starts of with Water. Water is one of the
classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science. It was
commonly associated with the qualities of emotion and intuition.
You can learn a bit about some fun water trivia here:
Water
Trivia
Now, on to the puzzle. Several Greek philosophers convened to
discuss the important topics of the day such as who was the best
discus thrower, what type of column to use in the Parthenon, and,
of course, the Classical Elements. During the course of the
meeting, the conversation turned to the topic of
, a novel activity that was first
thought to be started by the Egyptians. The philosophers
decided that they would protect information regarding the
Classical Elements (at that time they were just elements, but
in time they would become classical!) by secretly hiding a
container which would act as a sort of athenaeum. Of course,
they encoded the secret location so that only those with the
correct knowledge could obtain this information.
In a recent excavation in the Katy/Fulshear area, a strange
tablet was uncovered that bore the following inscription:
A larger version of the text is shown here:
The local authorities were perplexed as to what this message
might mean, so they enlisted a group of local geocachers to help
solve the mystery. Hopefully, you will be able to help decipher
this message and perhaps find the storage place used by the Greeks
so long ago.
You do not need to trample on the landscaping nor get wet to
grab this cache. We hope you have a good time with this one!
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.